Seán Sherwin (12 December 1946 – 30 April 2025) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.[3]
Sherwin was an unsuccessful candidate for the Dublin South-West constituency at the 1969 general election. However, Dublin South-West's long-serving Labour Party TD Seán Dunne, who had been re-elected at the general election, died only seven days after polling. Sherwin was selected as the Fianna Fáil candidate at the by-election on 4 March 1970, and won, taking his seat in the 19th Dáil, aged 23.[4][5]
He resigned from Fianna Fáil in 1971 in the wake of the Arms Crisis, and joined Kevin Boland's new party Aontacht Éireann.[6] The new party failed to take off at the 1973 general election, and Sherwin lost his seat to Fine Gael's Declan Costello.[4]
Sherwin later rejoined Fianna Fáil, and at the November 1982 general election he was one of four Fianna Fáil candidates in Dublin West. He won only 2.1% of the first-preference votes and was not elected.[4]
Sherwin died at his home in Roosky, County Roscommon, on 30 April 2025, at the age of 78.[5][2]
